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Employee owned businesses come in 2 main varieties:
Worker-Owned Cooperatives, where every employee has an equal share in the company, and a vote in the company.
ESOPs (employee stock plans), where employees own various amounts of stock, but do not exercise direct control over it (for example, voting) but may profit from their shares if the company is successful.
Here’s a great article that goes into more detail: http://cdi.coop/coop-cathy-worker-coops-esops-difference/
Social Ventures is the premier organization supporting Social Enterprises in Columbus.
They maintain a Marketplace – a list of all the Social Enterprises in Columbus, Ohio – It’s grown to over 100!
Organizations that address a basic unmet need or solve a social problem through a market-driven approach.
-Social Enterprise Alliance
We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to even more.
Conscious Capitalism Columbus is your local branch of the international movement. Dedicated to cultivating the theory and practice of Conscious Capitalism through events, presentations, and publications, they support the local community and serve as a resource on your journey to a more conscious business.
GiveBackHack is a weekend-long event that brings together passionate community members to develop sustainable, technology-based solutions to some of our most pressing social issues.
SEA Change is the Social Enterprise Accelerator, offering both in-person and online programs to help social enterprise minded entrepreneurs.
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